Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Sins Washed Away

Zechariah 13:1 On
that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

Childrenlove to play and be washed in water fountains as
the photo above demonstrates. The water
cleans their sweaty and dirty bodies.
The great hymn below also speaks of a cleansing fountain that washes
sinners clean. All human beings have
sinned and fall short of God’s glory and righteous standards. The Bible teaches there is no forgiveness of
sins without the shedding of blood and that the Old Testament sacrificial
system of animal sacrifice does not atone for sin. The book of Hebrews explains that the Old Testament sacrificial
system pointed toward the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, as the savior who could
make atonement for sin.

Praise God that he so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son to
redeem sinners from the curse caused by sin.
There simply was no other way that God could forgive the debt incurred
by human sin. The great hymn below
points to this great truth and gives some of the details and reasons the blood
of Jesus on the cross of Calvary saves sinners. Just as children are attracted to the water fountain above,
Christians are drawn to the fountain filled with the blood of our savior Jesus
Christ. What peace, joy, and comfort it
is for believers to know that all of their sins have been washed away by His
redeeming love.

There is a Fountain Filled with Blood
Words by: William Cowper

There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from
Emmanuel’s veins; And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty
stains. Lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty stains; And sinners
plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.

The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day; And there have I,
though vile as he, washed all my sins away.
Washed all my sins away, washed all my sins away; And there have I, though vile
as he, washed all my sins away.

Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood shall never lose its power Till all the
ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.
Be saved, to sin no more, be saved, to sin no more; Till all the ransomed
church of God be saved, to sin no more.

E’er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming
love has been my theme, and shall be till I die.
And shall be till I die, and shall be till I die; Redeeming love has been my
theme, and shall be till I die.

Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I’ll sing Thy power to save, When this poor
lisping, stammering tongue lies silent in the grave. Lies silent in the grave,
lies silent in the grave; When this poor lisping, stammering tongue lies silent
in the grave.

Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared, unworthy though I be, For me a blood bought
free reward, a golden harp for me!
’Tis strung and tuned for endless years, and formed by power divine, To sound
in God the Father’s ears no other name but Thine.